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On the route going from washington to new york when a train also derailed. and we don't know for sure what the cause of this latest crash in philadelphia was, amtrak was in the process of installing what's called an automatic braking system though along the stretch of track where the crash happened. and jon, that was supposed to be fully in place by the end of this year. >> too late it seems like. leah gabriele gabriel, thank you. the system of roots on which the train derailed is the northeast corridor. it provided a critical link between the nation's biggest cities. the latest numbers from...

>> yes, right. i'm certainly not an expert on this but i read a paper years ago that i thought was interesting that talked about homeostatic risks. it was a theory about risk ee quul lib yum. you have a tolerance for risk and i have a tolerance for risk. statistically speaking, they're not the same. but as we begin to employ certain safety protocols, we will counterintuitively begin to assume greater levels of risk. therefore, you ride a motorcycle, you put on a helmet, you're going to drive a little faster. you drive a cab and somebody puts in an automatic braking system. they did this study ...

Might be. one of the other -- so we're talking about land and we're talking about over sea. in terms of land, let's just say it was able to land. you still have 239 people you've got to do something with. how hard would it be, and what would the space requirements be to land this plane? >> well, the capability of the airplane to land in a short runway is phenomenal. you have what they call a.b.s., automatic braking system, and carbon brakes that get better as they heat up instead of fade as they heat up. you can land this airplane at average weights between 2500 and 3500 feet of pavement. even...

1500 feet of track posed one of their biggest challenges in 20 years. ceo boardmen telling me new safety upgrades are now in place. >> everybody in this railroad has been focussed and committed to safety. this is a safe railroad to ride. >> reporter: an automatic braking system was installed and as we saw a new speed limit for trains in the area of the disaster. >> reporter: we've slowed down here. this is where they derailed. the new rules require them to come in at 45 down from 50. the engineer has told investigators he can't remember the events leading up to the crash. mean while funerals w...

Talking about a possible fuel problem before the chopper disappeared, but the american commanding general in nepal said today they can't yet confirm the cause of the crash tamron. they'll have to look into that, once again, after they recover the bodies. >> all right, kelly, thank you very much. very sad news there. we're also following several developments in the deadly train derailment in philadelphia including new deals about the technology that could have prevented the crash. amtrak says an automatic braking system was installed on the opposite side of the track where the train derailed,...